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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146408" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146408">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hey <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="239881">@Josh Triplett</span> -- I think we talked about this but I forgot what we said</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146462" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146462">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>we currently have a question on the survey like this</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146469" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146469">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146494" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146494">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think you wanted to add something about architectures to that list?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146500" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146500">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:34)</a>:</h4>
<p>do you have a list of specific bullet points you might like to see included?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146563" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Laurențiu <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146563">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>GPUs might be worth including <span aria-label="sweat smile" class="emoji emoji-1f605" role="img" title="sweat smile">:sweat_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146572" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146572">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:35)</a>:</h4>
<p>Indeed</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146669" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Laurențiu <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146669">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>Maybe also some sort of FaaS like AWS Lambda</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146674" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> BatmanAoD (Kyle Strand) <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146674">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:36)</a>:</h4>
<p>And/or VR/AR-specific hardware, e.g. the Quest or Hololens</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181146840" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181146840">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:38)</a>:</h4>
<p>I honestly think this needs to be an open-ended question. However, to make the answers more structured, we could ask people to supply the canonical architecture/toolchain "triples" if they know them.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181147276" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181147276">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:44)</a>:</h4>
<p>ok, we already have a sort of open-ended follow-up in any case</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181147418" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181147418">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'm not sure what to add to the bullet list regarding GPU, FaaS , etc</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181147431" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181147431">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>but if people want to phrase specific bullets for me, seems ok</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181147443" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181147443">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>probably "general categories" is better than too many details</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms%20and%20architectures/near/181147476" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/214615-t-community/rust-survey-2019/topic/platforms.20and.20architectures.html#181147476">(Nov 19 2019 at 19:47)</a>:</h4>
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<p>ok, we already have a sort of open-ended follow-up in any case</p>
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<p>we amended it to mention providing toolchain triples</p>



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